The interesting case of the Awan family and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Leningrad) keeps getting stranger and more disturbing. You might remember that the Awan family was involved in the IT management for the DNC, and that the Imran Awan was accused of home equity loan fraud. Imran was just arrested trying to flee the country to Lahore, Pakistan.
Ace has a good summary of new developments:
So let's digest this story. In a media environment obsessed with the DNC hack, it turns out five individuals were abusing their access to the DNC email system while -- possibly -- committing an assortment of crimes.Mark Steyn provides some color commentary on Tucker Carlson:
* Imran Awan's wife (herself one of the IT 5) already fled to Pakistan, carrying $12,000 in cash with her.
* Imran Awan man himself wired $280,000 to Pakistan, then attempted to flee there.
* Debbie Wassman-Schultz has threatened "consequences" against the Capitol Police unless they return her hard drives before the police are done using them as evidence in a case they're investigating against the IT 5. Almost as if she has something to hide.
* Despite the IT 5 taking all sorts of liberties with the DNC email and passwords while the DNC freaks out about an email hack, and despite them doing shady shit on the side (Imran Awan was arrested for bank fraud), they somehow manage to land a big attorney with deep DNC/Clinton connections.
* The Daily Caller reported that stolen hard drives were recovered from Imran Awan "smashed" by hammers. (His new Friend of Bill lawyer denies this.)
* Despite all these goings-on, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz actually kept Imran Awan on the payroll for reasons unknown, even as he was subject of a Capitol Hill police probe. She only (finally!) fired him after his arrest, then refused comment.
The big media (other than Fox) are falling all over themselves trying to run away from the story: ABC, NBC, And CBS Pretty Much Bury IT Scandal Engulfing Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Office
By way of Wombat-socho's "In The Mailbox: 07.27.17" EBL sends "Imran Awan’s Arrest And His Disturbing Connections To Democratic Leadership" and Powerline tentatively connects the Awans with Hezbollah:
Raisley also says the Awans controlled a limited liability corporation called Cars International A (CIA), a car dealership with odd finances that took, but did not repay, a $100,000 loan from one Dr. Ali Al-Attar. According to Raisley, laundering money through used car dealerships is a known Hezbollah tactic.Simon says Imran Awan Case Needs Special Counsel 100X More than Russiagate
Raisley also cites a former CIA officer who says Dr. Attar, the man who loaned the Awans car dealership $100,000, “was observed in Beirut, Lebanon conversing with a Hezbollah official” in 2012, shortly after the loan was made.
For years, Imran Awan had access to the secret data and correspondence of many House committees, including foreign affairs. What did he do with it? As I said, that's the worst case scenario (I guess). But I don't want to bury my own lede in a welter of ledes, so here it is:But really, the Russians hacked the DNC, swearsies!
Jeff Sessions should immediately appoint a special counsel in this case whose tentacles are so vast they reach the highest levels of our government. The FBI, working unsupervised, has already been tainted by its heavily-criticized investigation of Hillary Clinton's emails, an investigation that actually may turn out to be related to this one. It cannot be trusted to do this by themselves. We need a special counsel.
Further, unlike Russiagate, this is an investigation that already has a crime (Awan will be arraigned August 21). It isn't in search of one. It's just trying to find out its extent wherever it leads. That's what special counsels do. And in this case, Sessions should make sure that, unlike Mueller, the new special counsel picks associates on both sides of the aisle. Unlike the biased Russia investigation, this should be even-handed. We want to believe its conclusions in the end.
What are they trying to hide? A network of corruption between the DNC, Wall Street, the Clinton Foundation and Global Initiative. From there you branch out to the WashPost, CNN, NYT, the think tanks, they all were connected and sharing. Money, murders, corruption, spying, espionage, inspiring riots and cop-killing. The smoke screen is Russia. Behind the smoke, all of the above. A true FBI ferret already knows the picture. The investigation has already been done. Someone has to pull the trigger on grand juries, several of them. I pray that day comes. Proof that it's the lies that get you jailed. The rats will jump ship with the slightest pressure.
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